The rumor mill has been working overtime lately with reports of Apple’s upcoming foldable iPhone, but there are obviously plenty of brands out there that already make foldables. Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition foldable a few months ago, a limited-edition ultra-thin foldable only available in Korea and China. Well-connected insiders say Samsung will use the same design for the Galaxy Z Fold 7 this year, which would be a big development for the Korean giant.
The Galaxy Z Fold 6 measures 5.6mm unfolded and 12.1mm when folded. The Galaxy Z Fold SE cuts these measurements to 4.9mm and 10.6mm, respectively. It’s an amazing achievement for Samsung, but it still pales in comparison to what Honor has been doing.
The 2023 Magic V2 foldable was thinner than the Fold SE. Unfolded, it measured just 4.7mm, while the folded thickness was 9.9mm. The Magic V3 successor that Honor launched last year is even thinner at 4.4mm and 9.2mm in thickness, respectively. I thought it would be rather difficult to go thinner than that, and Samsung proved it’s no easy feat to match Honor’s ambitious design.
But while the Galaxy Z Fold 7 isn’t expected to shrink even more compared to the SE, we’ll soon see a foldable phone that’s supposedly even thinner than Honor’s slim foldables. It’s called the Oppo Find N5, and it should be unveiled next month.
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